Nepali proverb
कुकुरलाई मासु पैंचो
Kukur lai maasu paicho.
Lending things to someone who doesn’t know the value or they will never return the thing.
Nepali proverb
कुकुरको पुच्छर बाह्र बर्ष सम्म ढुङ्रोमा राखेपनी बाङ्गाको बाङ्गै
Kukur ko puchhar bahra barsha dhungro maa raakhe pani bangaa ko baangai
How to read it
Kukur ko puchhar bahra barsha dhungro maa raakhe pani bangaa ko baangai
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Nepali proverb
कुकुरलाई घ्यू पच्दैन
Kukur lai ghyu pachdaina.
Naramro lai jaty ramro garepani pachdaina.
Nepali proverb
खाने मुखलाई जुँगाले छेक्दैन
Khaane mukh lai jungaa le chhekdaina
Where there is will there is way.
Proverbs that share words with this one
Nepali proverbs reuse the same images — the same animals, tools and weather — to land different lessons. These use some of the same words.
Nepali proverb
राजाको मति १२ बर्ष प्रजातन्त्रमा राखे पनि बाँङ्गाको बाँङ्गै
Rajaa ko mati 12 barsha prajatantra maa raakhe pani bangaa ko baangai.
Nepali proverb
बाह्र बर्ष बाइबल पढायो, भुकम्प आउँदा राम राम
Bahra barsha bible padaayo, bhukampa aauda Ram Ram
Nepali proverb
बाह्र बर्षमा पोइ आयो, मै राँडीलाइ ज्वारो आयो
Bahra barsha maa poi aayo, mai raadi lai jworo aayo.
Nepali proverb
बाह्र बर्ष रामायण पढायो, सीता कस्की जोइ
Bahra barsha ramayan padaayo, sita kaski joi?
Advice
आफ्नो थैली सुरक्षित राखे अर्कालाई दोष लगाउनु पर्दैन
Aafno thaili surakshit raakhe arkaa lai dosh lagaunu pardaina.
If you take care of your things, you won't have to blame others for the loss
Awareness
आम्दानी चार आनाको खर्च बाह्र आनाको
Aamdani chaar aanaa ko kharchaa bahra aanaa ko.
One's earnings are insufficient to meet expenses